CHKLIST USE. ACFT EQUIP PROB. THE ACI IN THE JUMPSEAT POINTED OUT THAT THE CAPT OF THIS ACR DID NOT SET HIS AIRSPD BUGS FOR TKOF. AFTER TKOF; THE CAPT DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN ITEM IN A MAINT LOG THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED OFF BEFORE LEAVING THE GATE.

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ACFT EQUIP WAS LATE ARRIVING ATL. FO AND I GOT ON ACFT TO RUN CHKLIST AS SOON AS WE COULD. AT THIS TIME FAA INSPECTOR ARRIVED TO CHK CREW ON FLT TO DCA. I ASKED THE FO IF THE LOGBOOK WAS CLEAN AND SIGNED OFF AND HE REPLIED THAT IT WAS. AFTER WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI BY THE RAMP MAN A TUG RAN IN FRONT OF OUR ACFT UNDER THE NOSE OF THE ACFT WHICH STARTLED ME AS WE COULD HAVE EASILY HIT HIM. AS I CONTINUED TO TAXI; FO READ THE TAXI CHKLIST. AS HE GOT TO THE PART OF AIRSPD BUGS; I CHKED THE COMPUTER TO VERIFY THE NUMBERS AND RESPONDED CHKED AND SET; BUT FAILED TO SET MY BUGS AT THAT TIME. BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO SET THEM; THE FAA INSPECTOR ASKED IF MY BUGS WERE IN THE PLACE I WANTED THEM. I SAID NO AND SET THEM. THE REASON I TEMPORARILY MISSED THEM WAS BECAUSE I WAS STILL SHAKING FROM THE TUG ON THE GND ALMOST HITTING US. NEXT TIME I WILL STOP THE ACFT AND RECOVER FROM SOME INCIDENT LIKE THAT SO MY CONCENTRATION WILL NOT BE HAMPERED. AFTER WE WERE AIRBORNE; THE FO ASKED ME IF I HAD MADE AN ENTRY IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK CONCERNING THE AIRPHONE SYS. I SAID NO. THIS ENTRY SHOULD HAVE GONE INTO THE CABIN CDL BOOK; YET ALL ENTRIES IN THE ACFT LOG SHOULD BE SIGNED OFF. THE FO STATED THAT THE AIRPHONE WRITE-UP WAS NOT IN THE LOGBOOK WHEN HE CHKED IT. OUR PROCS SAY THAT THE FO WILL CHK THE LOGBOOK AND ADVISE THE CAPT OF ANY WRITE-UPS OR PAST PROBS AND VERIFY THE MECHS SIGNOFF. IN THE PAST; I WOULD ALWAYS ASK FO IF LOGBOOK WAS CLEAN AND SIGNED OFF. NOW I MAKE IT A POINT TO PERSONALLY REVIEW THE LOGBOOK MYSELF.